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Friday, July 24, 2015

Vacation Growth

It’s been about a quarter century since this blogger
vacationed on the Outer Banks. So when we returned to Whalehead Beach in Corolla this
summer with 2 other couples (and 6 19 year old boys) I decided to do the same thing
I did in 1991 when we enjoyed the beach resort near Duck NC, grow a vacation
beard. Sounded like a good idea to me. My first attempt at a vacation beard in 24
years!So what do you think?

Now that’s a full week and 3 days’ worth of good vacation
facial hair growth.Grey, yes. Very
impressive, no!What the heck. I gave
it a shot.

Maybe they were pulling my leg, but somebody did tell me
they thought my vacation beard looked a little like Brett Favre-ish. Think so?WBAL TV’s sports reporter extraordinaire Pete Gilbert
knocked it out of the ballpark with his vacation beard this summer.

But I’m not sure if I like what he had to say when he
tweeted, “I kinda miss vacation beard, even if it makes me look about 50”. Hey Pete, I’m 50!And check out my “brother from another mother” (below) who I struck a
pose with on the beach while growing my vacation beard on the Outer Banks, the
pride of Toledo Brian Kelley (and husband of Crofton-native and Arundel High
grad Kate Sharpe Kelley).Kate and her sister-in-laws and mother-in-law who were
sitting on the beach next to us one day thought it was quite
funny that this blogger covered-up so much while on the beach. Apparently Ryan and I have the same love-hate
relationship with the beach and sun.BTW, WBAL Radio’s Bryan Nehman (who didn’t even notice my
vacation beard when I returned from the Outer Banks) is a Facebook friend of
Kate Sharpe Kelley. She shared with him the photo that they took of me and Ryan on-the-beach. His only comment, “You look like you were on a safari and not at the
beach”.Ha, ha. Everybody’s a
comedian. You notice I was also sporting my swim goggles around my neck